Hello from France! This past week, I’ve been in the Rhone Valley touring vineyards, tasting wine, taking in amazing views and of course eating great food. I’ll be back later this week with a new recipe, but for now here are some photos from my trip – of course, follow along on Instagram to see more! Au Revoir! Special thanks to Atout France & Air France for sending me & for my new friends at Inter Rhone for taking me around!...
I freaking love pesto. I make it all the time – usually with any herbs, greens, nuts, or seeds I have around. I like to swirl it into my soups, top it onto my eggs, or dollop it onto big salad-ey grain bowls. While there are one or two (or twelve) pesto recipes on this site already, I really love this version, so I think there’s room for one more....
We’re switching things around today – rather than looking at what I’ve made, here’s a peek at what some of you have been making! From left to right, top to bottom: @jennygoycochea made our Chilaquiles @walnuttrees_ made our Skillet Apple Crisp @merrittmatic made our Lemon Broccoli Pasta w/ vegan parmesan cheese @ophelieskitchenbook (Ophelie’s Kitchen Book) made our Blueberry Pancakes @amandahpinney made Any Vegetable Vinegar Pickles @littlestbeetle made our Romanesco Chickpea Salad @anya_pustynnikova made our Creamy Sun Dried Tomato Soup @jennygoycochea made our Dried Chile Salsa @dr....
Ingredients: 3 eggs, boiled, shelled and cut into halves 2 large onions, sliced 1 cup thick coconut milk (onnaam paal) 1 cup thin coconut milk (rendaam paal or 1/2 cup store-bought coconut milk + 1/2 cup water) 1 tsp ginger garlic paste 1 tsp red chilli powder 1 tbsp coriander powder A pinch of turmeric 1 tsp garam masala (or pound/grind together 2 cloves, 1 small piece cinnamon and 1 cardamom) Salt to taste To temper: 2 tsp coconut oil (or any oil) 1/4 tsp mustard seeds 1/4 tsp jeera / jeerakam A few curry leaves How to Make Malabar Egg Curry...
A few years ago, matcha started popping up everywhere – in lattes, ice cream, smoothies, icing, and more. While I’ll never say no to a matcha doughnut, today I want to focus on the simplest way to enjoy it: by whisking it into hot water to create a frothy, nourishing tea. I’ve loved drinking matcha this way since Jack and I took our first trip to Japan years ago, and I still make myself a cup almost every morning....
Table of Contents Ingredients Okra or bhindi – as always, when choosing okra for frying for cooking, choose the most tender ones you can find. A technique used in India is to snap the tail to check but please don’t do this in the supermarket because then the people who come to buy them after you are left with a bunch of tailless okra, and that’s just rude haha. Instead, gently check how firm or flexible they are....
Chammanthi is a Malayali’s comfort food. Although it can be roughly translated to chutney in English, its not watery like chutney tends to be. Pacha Manga Chammanthi is almost always served with kanji or Indian congee, to balance the blandness but I served it with fresh, hot dosas! Pacha Manga Chammanthi Serves 4 Ingredients: 1/2 of a raw mango or about 1/2 cup peeled and chopped raw mango 3/4 cup grated coconut 3 green chillies A small piece of ginger 1 shallot 2-3 curry leaves, optional Salt to taste How to Make Raw Mango Chutney:...
We’re hooked on roasted cauliflower. It’s sweet, nutty and so easy to make. Perfect as a side, for topping pastas or eaten as a snack. We’re even thinking that it might convert a few anti-cauliflower cooks out there. (Fingers crossed). How to Roast Cauliflower in the Oven Roasting is one of our favorite ways to cook cauliflower — in fact, we love this method so much that we’ve used it to make spicy roasted cauliflower, buffalo roasted cauliflower wings, and a Thai curry roasted cauliflower....
A few weeks ago Whole Foods set out to break the Guinness World Record of number of Parmigiano Reggiano wheels cracked simultaneously. Jack and I were the “official” witnesses of Parmageddon at our Austin store. I know what you might be thinking… how does the lactose intolerant girl get herself into these things? Well, first of all, Jack will not ever turn down an opportunity for free cheese. And second, in recent years I’ve learned that hard cheeses don’t have very much lactose, and that I don’t have as much of a problem with really high quality cheese....
Ingredients: French beans – 1 cup, cut into 1″ pieces and boiled Toor dal (tuvaram parippu) – 3/4 cup Channa dal (kadala parippu) – 2 tbsp Dried red chillies – 3 to 4 Hing/asafoetida (kayam) – 1/4 tsp Turmeric powder – a pinch Oil – 1 tbsp (depends on the method you use to cook the dal) Salt – to taste How I Made It: Wash and soak the toor dal and channa dal (you can put them together) for about 1....
I love this easy recipe for poached chicken, and I use it all the time to make chicken for amazing salads, sandwiches, and really any recipe that calls for cooked chicken. This is definitely one of those recipes you’ll want to keep in your back pocket. I use it for everything from green enchiladas and my favorite chicken salad to adding to this classic Caesar. I love poaching so much that I even have recipes for poached shrimp and poached salmon....
Some people shy away from kale, but with my easy recipe, you’ll be craving it again and again. Thanks to my easy method, the kale is super tender and sweet. I use a similar method when making my sautéed spinach recipe. The trick is to use a little broth in the skillet to encourage the kale to wilt and turn tender. Key Ingredients Kale: You can use any type, but I love lacinato kale (also known as dinosaur kale) for its dark green color and flat leaves....
We’re all familiar with the ubiquitous portobello burger, so I’ll be honest: I originally planned to serve these mushrooms in hot dog buns for the novelty of it. For my money, though, portobellos really work better in dog form than in burger-form. They get more fully covered in the tangy, savory marinade, and (because they’re thinner strips) they cook a lot more quickly and more evenly. Portobello Veggie Dog Recipe Ingredients Growing up around Chicago, hot dogs were never taken lightly....
These pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are my favorite kind of baking recipe. They’re sooooo yummy, with a warmly spiced pumpkin flavor and a soft, chewy texture. (Need I mention the melty chocolate chips?) But they’re so easy too. These pumpkin chocolate chip cookies call for nine ingredients, come together in one bowl, and are ready in under 30 minutes. The next time you’re in the mood for a sweet fall treat, make a batch!...
First things first. How do the rotis made by Rotimatic really taste?PinIf you eat them fresh as they are meant to be eaten, they are very good. I have experimented with a few different flour mixes and they all taste really good when the rotis are fresh off the machine. You can keep them in a casserole but they may tend to get slightly more stretchy or rubbery depending on your water, flour used, room temperature, etc....
Oh, kohlrabi… I first learned of this alien vegetable years ago when I received my very first CSA box. At the time, I wasn’t adventurous with vegetables, so I had no clue what it was and no clue what to do with it. Kohlrabi has seemed to gain some popularity since then – I often see it on restaurant menus – but back then it was barely google-able. Fast forward to now – it’s one of my favorites....
This whole cycle of sharing and giving and receiving was so interwoven that amma actually knows whose jackfruit tree produces the sweetest fruits and who has the orange-red seedless papaya that’s actually a hybrid plant and whose backyard produces the best ethappazham that calls for making nothing but ethakka appam with it. TH loves jackfruit and every time we go back to Kottayam, amma would have sourced jackfruit from at least 3 homes, taste-tested them all, and kept aside the best and sweetest fruits for us – or, more for her son-in-law, actually....
Stir Fried Sweet Potatoes With Onion-Carrot Salad Ingredients: For the Stir Fried Sweet Potatoes:Sweet potatoes cut in round slices – 150gm Marinade: Curd – 1 tbsp Ginger garlic paste – 1 tsp Chilly powder – 1/4 tsp Jeera powder – 1/2 tsp Coriander powder – 1 tsp Pepper – 1/4 tsp Salt – to taste How I Made It: Keep the sweet potato slices marinated in the marinade for 1 hour....
Happy December! Today we’re celebrating with this bright red & green sun dried tomato pasta. I have a confession to make. I’m really terrible at decorating for the holidays. Some years it happens, others it doesn’t… and then some years we end up with a Valentine’s Day tree because we lose track of time and the work of taking down decorations is far less fun than putting them up. So here’s my version of holiday greenery for you – sun dried tomato pasta!...
